A joint effort to establish Blockchain Infrastructure and Personal Data Management for Health

When laying the foundation for a robust interoperable healthcare system we need to start at the protocol level and design new infrastructure that is owned and controlled by no one and everyone. We need identity and digital value protocol layers and immutable health records controlled by their rightful owners. This is the promise of Blockchain and the starting point for a reinvented healthcare system.

About

The promise and value of blockchain technology comes from how it can enable coordination of large scale collaboration in open ecosystems. However, in order to minimise coordination , initially, we propose the establishment of a national consortia within the Swedish ecosystem to tackle the regulatory challenges in a confined and local context first.

We are not developing the technology but rolling out the infrastructure to start testing and take advantage of the automation and security benefits to be reaped already today. The first and most important fix is to flip the data ownership model towards Self-Sovereign Health Records. We are ready to deploy this but for resiliance and to achieve security by numbers in our consensus algorithm we need members to run and guarantee network nodes.

The CareChain consortium was founded by CareChain AB in March 2017 and we are now actively soliciting co-founding partners.

What we do

Governance

As far as possible, we intend to take advantage of the tools of the trade and automate most of the decision making using Smart Contracts.

Standardization

We will continue to seek membership in relevant standardisation organisations to track these emerging technologies and interoperability protocols.

Operations

The founding partner, CareChain AB, manages the infrastructure. Members can choose to take advantage of the fully managed Blockchain-as-a-Service, or run self-hosted network nodes, including available laptop nodes.

Members

This technology is applicable horisontally across all types of organisations.

Care Providers Access to future-proof patient-centric health records database without the legal burden of having to protect sensitive personal data.

Pharmacies To enable direct patient-centric communication and for the ability to flag cross-care provider contraindications

Pharmaceuticals For access to reliable crowd-sourced anonymous data including stats about off-label usage, for supply chain tracking and to run large scale clinical trials.

Health Insurers Incentivization to encourage healthier habits.
To combat claim settlement fraud and to enable new business models.

Startups For easier compliance with regulations and legislation and to better serve their users not creating yet another data silo.

Network Operators To provide next generation Internet infrastructure and new identity centric business models.

Government Better citizen health and improved perception of services while delivering huge cost savings and to experiment with f.i social bonds.

Organisations Cost-effective, reduced time-to-market with services and cooperations aimed at meeting objectives, not least for the underserved.

Fintech To provide next generation Internet infrastructure and new identity centric business models.

Medtech To equip devices with Blockhain identities in order to transact and sign data.

Investors To help support the emerging ecosystem and the next generation Internet.

Global Technology Consortia

We are members the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and follow closely the use case work being done in the HyperLedger Healthcare Working Group.

Events

Today

21 November 2017

RISE: Den friskare människan

RISE innovation day in Lund focused on infrastructure for better health.
Johan gave an intro to CareChain and how it supports the individual.
Video available.

23 November 2017

Norrsken Foundation

RISE and Karlstad University co-hosted an event at Norrsken on the topic of Service Innovation in Ecosystems.
Johan presented on how token based ecosystems can be used to design new incentive systems for health.

24 November 2017

Brown Bag Lunch Talk @ MSD

MSD hosted a great brown bag lunch on the topic of how blockchain technology can support better health.
Johan gave a general intro to blockchain in healthcare and also covered CareChain. In great company with
Darja Isakson and Sofia Svanteson.
Video available.

28 November 2017

DI Blockchain Conference

DIs inaugural conference on Blockchain technology. Stefan presented on how smart contracts can be used in the CareChain platform
to build GDPR compliant consent management solutions.

Keynote: Blockchain in Healthcare

Can we enable healthcare professionals to focus on what’s important? How can we create a common database of health information that healthcare professionals and providers could access no matter what electronic medical system they use? What responsibility do we have in working with confidential information? Keynote by Johan Sellström, co-founder of CareChain.
More info here.
Register directly here.

#GBG TECHWEEK: Blockchain track

Stefan Farestam will give an overview of CareChain. Hosted by Ethereum Gothenburg with the support of our sponsor, Business region Gothenburg proudly presents a wide range of companies, both domestic and international. Ethereum Gothenburg started as a meetup for anyone interested in building the new economy that is native to the internet.
More info here.

27 May 2018

HIMSS

We've all heard of blockchain and the impact it may have on health systems in the future. But how many of us could easily explain what blockchain is really about? This hands-on workshop is for the 99,99% of us who still don't understand, after many explanations, what the buzz is about. Johan Sellström from CareChain.
More info here.
Register directly here.

Sime Summer

Sime is Northern Europe’s leading conference about the Internet and digital opportunities. Join blockchain virtuosos Johan Sellström, Co-founder at CareChain and Erik Wikström, Partner at Result and other friends curious about everything blockchain in the Expert talks session.
More info here.

Demo at WHINN 2018

If you're at WHINN 2018 in Denmark, then don't miss the Tursday morning session on Digital Health "Is technology the future of healthcare?" where Johan Sellström will demo our blockchain-based platform for managing personal health data.
More info here.

17 October 2018

INMA Webinar: Blockchain: Enabling Next Generation Media Services

While the word is still out on digital currencies, the underlying technology Blockchain has the potential to disrupt all parts of the media value chain through disaggregation, digital rights management, and royalty tracking. Blockchain-enabled identity solutions could help battle fake news, re-establish trust in the authenticity of comment fields and create entirely new business areas for media actors. In this Webinar by CareChain, learn where Blockchain intersects with media.
More info here.

HIMSS AsiaPac 18 - Plenary Closing Keynote

Why We need Blockchain for Precision Health? Johan Sellström from CareChain explains how Blockchain enables Self-Sovereign Digital Identity and Health Records. At Karolinska University Hospital we have built a solution according to these principles for Advanced Hospital Care in the Home. The case study includes a live demo.
More info here.

06 November 2018

RTO Innovation Summit - Digital Solutions for Health and Care

Digital services will change Europe’s health systems and international health research. We want to show the structural contribution of RTOs to such a transformation and provide very concrete examples. The role of RTO´s between the EU with its regulatory and stimulating measures and the industry with its commercial platform requirements will be discussed. Innovative technologies and services from the laboratories of RTO´s, which have the potential to become European standards for the benefit of patients and health care systems, will be highlighted.
More info here.

Upcoming

RISE: Den friskare människan

RISE innovation day in Lund focused on infrastructure for better health.
Johan gave an intro to CareChain and how it supports the individual.
Video available.

23 November 2017

Norrsken Foundation

RISE and Karlstad University co-hosted an event at Norrsken on the topic of Service Innovation in Ecosystems.
Johan presented on how token based ecosystems can be used to design new incentive systems for health.

24 November 2017

Brown Bag Lunch Talk @ MSD

MSD hosted a great brown bag lunch on the topic of how blockchain technology can support better health.
Johan gave a general intro to blockchain in healthcare and also covered CareChain. In great company with
Darja Isakson and Sofia Svanteson.
Video available.

28 November 2017

DI Blockchain Conference

DIs inaugural conference on Blockchain technology. Stefan presented on how smart contracts can be used in the CareChain platform
to build GDPR compliant consent management solutions.

Keynote: Blockchain in Healthcare

Can we enable healthcare professionals to focus on what’s important? How can we create a common database of health information that healthcare professionals and providers could access no matter what electronic medical system they use? What responsibility do we have in working with confidential information? Keynote by Johan Sellström, co-founder of CareChain.
More info here.
Register directly here.

#GBG TECHWEEK: Blockchain track

Stefan Farestam will give an overview of CareChain. Hosted by Ethereum Gothenburg with the support of our sponsor, Business region Gothenburg proudly presents a wide range of companies, both domestic and international. Ethereum Gothenburg started as a meetup for anyone interested in building the new economy that is native to the internet.
More info here.

27 May 2018

HIMSS

We've all heard of blockchain and the impact it may have on health systems in the future. But how many of us could easily explain what blockchain is really about? This hands-on workshop is for the 99,99% of us who still don't understand, after many explanations, what the buzz is about. Johan Sellström from CareChain.
More info here.
Register directly here.

Sime Summer

Sime is Northern Europe’s leading conference about the Internet and digital opportunities. Join blockchain virtuosos Johan Sellström, Co-founder at CareChain and Erik Wikström, Partner at Result and other friends curious about everything blockchain in the Expert talks session.
More info here.

Demo at WHINN 2018

If you're at WHINN 2018 in Denmark, then don't miss the Tursday morning session on Digital Health "Is technology the future of healthcare?" where Johan Sellström will demo our blockchain-based platform for managing personal health data.
More info here.

17 October 2018

INMA Webinar: Blockchain: Enabling Next Generation Media Services

While the word is still out on digital currencies, the underlying technology Blockchain has the potential to disrupt all parts of the media value chain through disaggregation, digital rights management, and royalty tracking. Blockchain-enabled identity solutions could help battle fake news, re-establish trust in the authenticity of comment fields and create entirely new business areas for media actors. In this Webinar by CareChain, learn where Blockchain intersects with media.
More info here.

HIMSS AsiaPac 18 - Plenary Closing Keynote

Why We need Blockchain for Precision Health? Johan Sellström from CareChain explains how Blockchain enables Self-Sovereign Digital Identity and Health Records. At Karolinska University Hospital we have built a solution according to these principles for Advanced Hospital Care in the Home. The case study includes a live demo.
More info here.

06 November 2018

RTO Innovation Summit - Digital Solutions for Health and Care

Digital services will change Europe’s health systems and international health research. We want to show the structural contribution of RTOs to such a transformation and provide very concrete examples. The role of RTO´s between the EU with its regulatory and stimulating measures and the industry with its commercial platform requirements will be discussed. Innovative technologies and services from the laboratories of RTO´s, which have the potential to become European standards for the benefit of patients and health care systems, will be highlighted.
More info here.

Past

RISE: Den friskare människan

RISE innovation day in Lund focused on infrastructure for better health.
Johan gave an intro to CareChain and how it supports the individual.
Video available.

23 November 2017

Norrsken Foundation

RISE and Karlstad University co-hosted an event at Norrsken on the topic of Service Innovation in Ecosystems.
Johan presented on how token based ecosystems can be used to design new incentive systems for health.

24 November 2017

Brown Bag Lunch Talk @ MSD

MSD hosted a great brown bag lunch on the topic of how blockchain technology can support better health.
Johan gave a general intro to blockchain in healthcare and also covered CareChain. In great company with
Darja Isakson and Sofia Svanteson.
Video available.

Keynote: Blockchain in Healthcare

Can we enable healthcare professionals to focus on what’s important? How can we create a common database of health information that healthcare professionals and providers could access no matter what electronic medical system they use? What responsibility do we have in working with confidential information? Johan Sellström, co-founder of CareChain, speaks about how, with the use of blockchain, we can uphold data integrity within healthcare as the need for higher security, privacy and less admin grows in the healthcare industry.
More info here.
Register directly here.

#GBG TECHWEEK: Blockchain track

Stefan Farestam will give an overview of CareChain. Hosted by Ethereum Gothenburg with the support of our sponsor, Business region Gothenburg proudly presents a wide range of companies, both domestic and international. Ethereum Gothenburg started as a meetup for anyone interested in building the new economy that is native to the internet.
More info here.

27 May 2018

HIMSS

We've all heard of blockchain and the impact it may have on health systems in the future. But how many of us could easily explain what blockchain is really about? This hands-on workshop is for the 99,99% of us who still don't understand, after many explanations, what the buzz is about. The idea of this workshop is simple: If you get the chances to play with the pieces of the blockchain puzzle, you will never forget what the underlying technology is about. High-lighting recent blockchain initiatives in health care and using a learning by doing approach, our experts will give you a nuts and bolts understanding of blockchain and why so many lead-ers are placing great hopes in the technology.
More info here.
Register directly here.

Sime Summer

Sime is Northern Europe’s leading conference about the Internet and digital opportunities. Join blockchain virtuosos Johan Sellström, Co-founder at CareChain and Erik Wikström, Partner at Result and other friends curious about everything blockchain in the Expert talks session.
More info here.

Demo at WHINN 2018

If you're at WHINN 2018 in Denmark, then don't miss the Tursday morning session on Digital Health "Is technology the future of healthcare?" where Johan Sellström will demo our blockchain-based platform for managing personal health data.
More info here.

17 October 2018

INMA Webinar: Blockchain: Enabling Next Generation Media Services

While the word is still out on digital currencies, the underlying technology Blockchain has the potential to disrupt all parts of the media value chain through disaggregation, digital rights management, and royalty tracking. Blockchain-enabled identity solutions could help battle fake news, re-establish trust in the authenticity of comment fields and create entirely new business areas for media actors. In this Webinar by CareChain, learn where Blockchain intersects with media.
More info here.

HIMSS AsiaPac 18 - Plenary Closing Keynote

Why We need Blockchain for Precision Health? Johan Sellström from CareChain explains how Blockchain enables Self-Sovereign Digital Identity and Health Records. At Karolinska University Hospital we have built a solution according to these principles for Advanced Hospital Care in the Home. The case study includes a live demo.
More info here.

06 November 2018

RTO Innovation Summit - Digital Solutions for Health and Care

Digital services will change Europe’s health systems and international health research. We want to show the structural contribution of RTOs to such a transformation and provide very concrete examples. The role of RTO´s between the EU with its regulatory and stimulating measures and the industry with its commercial platform requirements will be discussed. Innovative technologies and services from the laboratories of RTO´s, which have the potential to become European standards for the benefit of patients and health care systems, will be highlighted.
More info here.

Why The NHS Should Invest In Blockchain If It Wants To Live Forever

Great writeup on blockchain in healthcare with kind mention of CareChain: "Interestingly, Sweden is the market leader in this category. CareChain is Swedish blockchain initiative, aimed at implementing a national blockchain for health data where users can manage their consent dynamically and comply with the multitude of GDPR regulations."

27 June 2018

CareChain accepted to corporate accelerator Connect Sweden

We're proud to announce that we have been accepted to the corporate accelerator program "Språngbrädan" operated by Connect Sweden. During the next few months we will work intensely on improving our pitch, have it assessed by independent experts and finally pitch to Connects network of investors.

Stockholm County Council funds blockchain project at Karolinska

The Innovation Fund of the Stockholm County Council has chosen to support the Karolinska University Hospital in an exploratory blockchain project. The aim is to examine how blockchain tecnology can be used to secure the management and sharing of health data. CareChain will be working with the Innovation Place at Karolinska on the implementation.

Nominated Startup to World Innovations Forum

We're thrilled to announce that CareChain has been nominated #as a startup to the World Innovations Forum taking place in Lucerne June 12-14 2018. Please vote for us by liking the #nominee video on youtube!

28 February 2018

Better Health with blockchains

Swedish IT News site Voister gives a good overview of the CareChain initiative
and how it provides a foundation for improved health services.

26 February 2018

A Nordic way to blockchain in healthcare

An in-depth article on the motivation of using blockchain technology as the foundation for CareChain by HIMMS Europe

28 November 2017

Collaboration with Aifloo

DI Digital writes about our new collaboration with the Swedish AI startup Aifloo.
Together we will create a pilot for using smart contracts to address
consent management in healthcare.

Why The NHS Should Invest In Blockchain If It Wants To Live Forever

Great writeup on blockchain in healthcare with kind mention of CareChain: "Interestingly, Sweden is the market leader in this category. CareChain is Swedish blockchain initiative, aimed at implementing a national blockchain for health data where users can manage their consent dynamically and comply with the multitude of GDPR regulations."

CareChain accepted to corporate accelerator Connect Sweden

We're proud to announce that we have been accepted to the corporate accelerator program "Språngbrädan" operated by Connect Sweden. During the next few months we will work intensely on improving our pitch, have it assessed by independent experts and finally pitch to Connects network of investors.

Stockholm County Council funds blockchain project at Karolinska

The Innovation Fund of the Stockholm County Council has chosen to support the Karolinska University Hospital in an exploratory blockchain project. The aim is to examine how blockchain tecnology can be used to secure the management and sharing of health data. CareChain will be working with the Innovation Place at Karolinska on the implementation.

Nominated Startup to World Innovations Forum

We're thrilled to announce that CareChain has been nominated #as a startup to the World Innovations Forum taking place in Lucerne June 12-14 2018. Please vote for us by liking the #nominee video on youtube!

28 February 2018

Better Health with blockchains

Swedish IT News site Voister gives a good overview of the CareChain initiative
and how it provides a foundation for improved health services.

Team

We’re a small team with significant experience in creating value through digitalization. We have lived and worked in Silicon Valley and have founded, co-founded or been part of the founding team of a number of startups. We’re convinced that the digitalization of the healthcare sector offers enormous opportunities for improving the quality of life of individuals as well as benefiting the society at large.